The Winning Poems
All the winning poems from the 1999 Exeter Poetry Prize are contained in an Anthology, selected by Jo Shapcott, and available from ODYSSEY PRESS.
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A CHARM FOR THE HAEMOSPERMIA Donald Atkinson
OPHIDIA Ros Barber
ROOM 225 - HOTEL RIALTO Pauline Suett Barbieri
EQUITY Tessa Biddington
MAURICE'S APPLES Steven Boyce
A MIRACLE OF HERRING    (1st Prizewinner) Ross Cogan
HAPPINESS Flora Cruft
EXTRACTS FROM A FAMILY DIARY John T Daniel
RECKONING Katherine Gallagher
IT'S HER NINETIETH BIRTHDAY    (4th Prizewinner) Jenny Galton-Fenzi
VISITING THE CITY Adèle Geras
CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT Sydney Giffard
HYPOTHESIZE Giles Goodland
STORY FOR A GIRL Kathryn Gray
THE INVISIBLE MAN IN LOVE Bill Greenwell
A HINT OF HARVEST David H W Grubb
COPYING THE SIGN    (2nd Prizewinner) David Hart
THE GATEWAY Jane Hayter-Hames
SCAN Christopher Hedley-Dent
INVESTOR'S DILEMMA Jacqueline Hughes
OUT OF SEASON B A Humar
LEARNING TO LOVE ELIZABETH Tinker Mather
WATER SPORTS Antony Nicholls
MY FATHER'S LUNGS Pascale Petit
INSIDES Mario Petrucci
STAR-GAZING Joan Poulson
MULBERRY TREE  ROUGEMONT PARK Terry Pritchard
THE BOY WITH A CLOUD IN HIS HAND Sheenagh Pugh
SORTING STUFF Andrew Robinson
1894: FRAN SKATING ON THE MANOR POND Julie Sampson
UMBRELLA IN A BRIEFCASE Robert Saxton
FAR NORTH Clare MacDonald Shaw
RESPONSE TO JEREMIAH Dana Littlepage Smith
THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE MORNING    (3rd Prizewinner) Greta Stoddart
PETER'S STORY Michael Swan
THE VENUS POOL John Torrance
TRANSLATIONS FROM A LOST ORIGINAL Neil Wenborn
DUCK-SHOOTING Anna Wigley
EATING OUR YOUNG IN TIMES OF WAR Pat Winslow
Copyright of all poems remains with the authors.
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